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Featured
Interview: Legendary
drummer/percussionist Alex
Acuna shares
about Jazz, spirituality, playing with Weather Report
and Koinonia, as well as what he has been doing
lately. Read
Interview here!
Featured
Article: CJA
Network founder and keyboardist/composer David
Arivett's article, "The Wonder Of
Creativity".
" We are all created out of
love and joy that the "Divine
artist" has for his
work. All creation is rooted
and grounded in love! And the Creator has shared the
wonder and
joy of creativity with his creatures".... Read
more here!
Now
Available! CJA Compilation CD!
Great
new hot jazz arrangements of Hymns!
Brand
new release! We are very proud to announce our first
CJA compilation CD featuring CJA members playing Jazz
arrangements of Hymns! 16 great renditions of Hymns
served up in a wide variety of flavors! To
hear audio excerpts or to purchase this CD visit
here!
New
& Notable!
CJA
Network Member guitarist Michael
Ripoll and
his band recently performed at the coffee house,
"Caffeine" in Nashville, TN for some
absolutely hot music from Michael and his band!
Keyboardist/composer David Arivett dropped in for
the concert. David reports that, " Michael is a
great guitar player and composer! His band
displayed an awesome level of musicality and energy!
Michaels guitar playing has traces of Jimi Hendrix
and Jose Feliciano blended together with Michaels
own unique Latin/Cuban soul funk! And the entire
band is hot-hot-hot!!!"
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The
10th Annual Jazz Pilgrimage 2004 will be presenting
"A
Tribute to Alex Acuna".
Opening
is Alex Acuna & the Unknowns, performing songs
from their new release "No
Accent". Guest Vocalist is Regina Williams-Acuna.
Then Alex
will jam with Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars,
some
of LA's best Latin Jazz musicians.
Don't miss out on this special evening!!
When: Saturday August 21st,
2004 @ 8:00PM
Where: Ford Amphitheatre -
Hollywood, CA
Tickets: 323-461-3673 or www.fordamphitheatre.org
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CJA
member Chuck
Mandt recently
hosted a special Jazz Master Class featuring acclaimed
jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut in a special master class
in conjunction with some of Atlanta’s top jazz
educators.
Cyrus
has been very vocal about his Christian faith and has
a CD featuring jazzed up hymns as well as many other
recordings with his trio. This master class was well
attended by jazz lovers, students, and educators and
was sponsored by Steinway & Sons. For more details
visit here!
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Guitarist
Ric
Flauding
has been very busy this summer! Here are some upcoming
concerts!
Saturday,
August 21st: "Sacred Ground" 10115 E.
Bell Road, Scottsdale, Arizona. 7:00-9:00 PM
(480) 585-7880.
Saturday, August 28th: Ric and his trio with
Danny Ybarra (percussion) and Gordon Rustvold (bass)
will be performing at the Perris, California Street
Fair. 4:30. Other artists include Bob Bennett.
September 11th: "Break Forth" worship
conference, Phoenix, Arizona.
October 14th: "Sacred Grounds" jazz
series at "The Studio" church in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
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Jazz
Pianist Chuck
Marohnic has a new CD release, "Trios"
that
includes world class musicians bassists David Friesen,
Dave Phillips, Dwight Kilian and drummers Joe
LaBarbera, Tony Moreno and Dom Moio.
For
more info or to purchase visit
here!
In
October Chuck
will
be playing several concerts in Louisville Kentucky
with vibraphonist/drummer Dick Sisto. He will be at
the Seelbach Hotel, the Jazz Factory, the Thomas
Merton Center at Bellarmine College and also the Abbey
of Gethsemani Trappist Monastery! (where Thomas Merton
lived as a monk and writer!!) For more info visit
Chuck
here!
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Denver
& The Mile High Orchestra are
now on their way to the Summer Olympics in Athens
Greece to take their message and Big Band music to the
world! They will be playing in select locations in
Athens as well as at the Acropoli Stage at the Summer
Olympics! They are also recording
a new Christmas CD this summer that will be available
in time for the Holiday Season! For a complete
itinerary and more info
visit here!
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Free
CJA Downloads!
Each
month we have free downloads, Mp3's, midi files,
and charts. All our past newsletters and downloads
are still available!
Interested in
learning more about Jazz theory, technique, or
improvisation? Want to learn how to develop your
ear and transcribe music? Visit the Jazz Ed page
for material from some of the top musicians in
Jazz! Dave Weckl, Jay Oliver, Rob Mullins, Steve
Weingart, Ron Gorow, Tony Monaco, Bob
Barrett and others! Check it out here!
As
you can see Christian Jazz Artists are very busy
celebrating their gifts!
We are
jazzed about life...
We are
jazzed about God!
Celebrate
today and savor the music!
"Just
imagine: a joyful Jesus! Haven't we had enough of
grim religion?"
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Swing
a New Song to the Lord!
Excellent
printed collection of jazz arrangements of
congregational music from over a dozen prominent jazz
composers and arrangers! Check it out here!
Resources
for Jazz Worship
Great
arrangements from Anderkamp Music that are accessible
to the average church orchestra! Check it out here!
THE
JAZZ HYMNAL BY CHUCK
MAROHNIC
Thought
provoking, yet highly singable jazz material for use
in the Sanctuary!
Preview
them here
Songs
Of David Jazz Worship Songs & Charts
Preview
them here
Jazz
Psalms
Daniel
Richardson & Angel Napieralski
Preview
them here
New
Resources for Jazz Worship!
Our
Jazz Worship Page is the place to get the very best
charts for your church band or Orchestra anywhere on
the Internet! Fresh new material to preview as well as
"jazzed up" Hymn arrangements are available!
Big
Band ~ Ensembles ~ Praise Band
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Devotional
“In
repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness
and trust is your strength, but you would have none of
it.” Isaiah 30:15
Here
the prophet tells us to be quiet and calm, to have
patience and hope. Anyone who learns to be tranquil,
trusting, and unruffled in the midst of affliction
will find his way and will be helped, as the prophet
says. His eyes will be more open, his feelings more
sober. He will see where there is a little opening for
him to slip through, which he could not see and find
as long as he restlessly stormed and raged in his
agitation.
I
often compare this with wasps I once saw in a
vineyard. There were little white bottles hanging on
the stalks, open above and covered with sugar or
honey. The wasps, attracted by the sweetness, got
stuck in the bottle. Why? Because once inside they got
so frantic in trying to escape through the glass that
they lost their heads, so to speak, and even forgot
the opening above, where they could easily have found
their way out without any trouble. But not one could
get out; they perished inside the glass. Then I
thought, “That’s how man is in his
restlessness.” He always wants to run his head
against a wall and does not see where it will get him.
The restless spirit makes him blind and stupid; he
loses his way, and has only himself to blame.
By
being quiet and trusting, the prophet says, you will
be strong. A quiet spirit can rise up again and look
upward to our God with more confidence and courage.
Johann
Christoph Blumhardt from, "He Sent His
Word."
Traditional
hymns that have been "jazzed"! A
new CD featuring CJA Network members served up in
a variety of jazz flavors!!
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